Last Wednesday night, there was a good turnout of Newport & District Running Club members at the “Shropshire 4 Miler”, the third race in Telford AC’s “Sexarathon” series of races. Taking place in and around Granville Country Park, the course is a 4-mile “lollipop” style course, with runners starting down Granville Road near the “Asda roundabout”, then completing two and a half laps of a route which finishes near the clubhouse of the Shropshire golf club. Each lap contains a challenging hill, which brings the total elevation gain to around 70m for the whole race.
Alex Millington was the first NDRC runner to finish, taking 24th place overall in a time of 23 minutes, 8 seconds. Robin Guy was next, 47th overall with a time of 24:50, and he was followed closely by Alex Cochrane, who finished 50th in 25:27, whilst Peter Johnstone was 102nd in 27:43. David Brown clocked a time of 29:06 in 127th place, followed by Philip Hill, who was 144th in 29:57. Graham Rogers ran a time of 30:36 for 153rd spot, closely followed by Kevin Nicklin, who was 162nd overall in a time of 31:05.
Carrie Stokes was the first NDRC female runner to finish, taking 199th position overall in a time of 32:44, just ahead of Oliver Stokes, who clocked a time of 32:49 for 204th spot. Helen Mason finished 212th with her time of 33:13, whilst Mathew Richards ran a time of 34:21 in 225th position. Selwyn Plant (34:43, 237th) and Annabel Bolton (34:44, 238th) finished together, whilst Ralph Humphries finished 261st in 35:58.
Bernie Holbrook secured 294th position with his time of 39:56, just ahead of his wife Liz, who was 297th in 40:03. Heather Campbell-Miles clocked a time of 40:42 in 299th, followed by Anne Richards, who stopped the clock at 40:51 for 302nd place. Petra Leach finished 317th in a time of 44:27, whilst Matthew Humphries finished 32nd overall with his time of 46:57.
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